A crazy animal executioner is currently causing mischief in Stainz. Recently the cat “Pecco” was shot twice, but luckily he survived the incident. His owner also witnessed a bird being shot from her patio. The police are investigating.
The shock is great in Ettendorf, a cadastral community in Stainz in western Styria. Because a trigger-happy animal hater is currently causing mischief there. The tomcat “Pecco” recently experienced this firsthand, as wife Andrea St. tells the “Krone”: “My husband noticed two dips when he petted him. We thought his fur had had bad luck again and was sticking together. When I went to give him floss, I noticed something sharp. I thought of a rose thorn. When I removed it, I saw a metal tip.” She quickly wrapped up the cat and took her to the vet. When he told the Styrian woman that “Pecco” had been shot twice, she was surprised. In addition, the vet discovered that the projectiles were clearly aimed, Mrs. St. is shocked.
“Pecco” was subsequently operated on and the young cat is now doing well again. But the worries and uncertainty remain: “Every time I let him go, I get a stomach ache. Who the hell does something like that?”
Bird also killed
It is clear to her that not everything is going well in her environment. Because around the time the cat was shot, the Styrian woman noticed something disturbing: “I was sitting on the terrace, heard a shot and then saw a bird fall into the orchard.” poultry. It is possible that a projectile was also lodged there. “Unfortunately I couldn’t find the bird,” says the concerned woman. She filed a police report and upon request, press spokesman Heimo Kohlbacher confirmed investigations into suspected animal abuse.
Well-known criminal lawyer and animal rights activist Gerald Ruhri is also shocked by the case: “Unfortunately, it happens again and again that amateur poachers hunt birds and small animals. Such perpetrators must be consistently investigated and psychiatrically examined. Not only do they cause suffering to the animals, but they are also potential violent criminals.” But he is confident that police can find the person they are looking for: “Once the projectiles are available, it would only be a matter of time are before they find the corresponding “We find a weapon and use it to identify the animal abuser.”
Source: Krone
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